It's so uninspired it hurts my very soul.
Now that they have a Griffon those space ships have no chance. :upside_down:
The first one was great I thought, despite people labelling it slow, I found it interesting because of the introduction of the world and the characters. This one needed a little more pace. It drags for soo long. And the Bene Gesserit crap is getting irritating. The whole seeing the future is very dumb and gets in the way of engaging with the film. The prophecy/false prophecy discussion is interesting but again, it doesn't have any real weight on what's happening. The romance is kinda rushed. The visuals are top notch. But you can't rely on that to save you again. Also the Paul transition seemed to happen overnight with no buildup. Went south, drank poison bam I'm your leader now. In the end, you realize that not much really happened in the movie, no resolution of any kind. Felt like a two-and-a-half-hour episode with the next one probably coming 3 years later. 6.5/10
The only scene that was worth a damn was Paul's speech at the Circle; the rest of the movie felt like watching a trailer for a graphic novel adaptation of the book. The dialogue for the most part was atrocious, especially for the Harkonnens. Zendaya's line delivery and mannerisms were too "American", compared to the other Fremen, breaking the Middle Eastern-inspired atmosphere.
In 2024, conflating the terms "psychotic" and "psychopathic" is inexcusable. How the fuck did none of the story editors/producers pick that one up?
Going against concensus here and giving it just 5. Firstly, the movie weas overly long . The first haIf in particular, focussing on the relationship between the leads, was boring. I feel Zendaya brings nothing to the role; her Chani is quite unlikeable and, as someone has mentioned, lacks any chemistry with the lead. I found the cinematography uninspiring., there were very few shots that showed any stunning scenery at all, despite the exclamations of the leads as they look over the dunes. The shots of huge audiences and masses of people were overdone, and looked like a cut and paste job. The special effects for the worms were minimal, with all efforts being focussed on blowing stuff up ... very tedious. On top of all that, they have left out / altered important elements of the story!! Was looking forward to this, but unfortunately, was very disappointed, Wish the TV mini-series had been given this one's budget!
Much as Avatar took story elements from Dune, Dune takes the questionable box office success of Avatar. Along with that will come those blindly calling this "the greatest movie ever made" vaguely recalling it a decade from now.
Dune Part 2 is visually spectacular. The picture is stunning. Ignoring the worn-out tropes, the problem with the film is the lack of emotional attachment to characters. The scope is too big for its runtime which leads to underdeveloped players. The movie is so impressive, yet hollow.
Yeah... NO. Missed opportunity here. Phoenix is great generally but this was mediocre at best. Johanson is whatever as always. That whole sci-fi esthetic is pulling us out of the drama. In other words its too happy to be sad. The directing doesn't pull us in either. At the end it's just a random guy talking to chatgpt. I didn't feel his pain or his loneliness. Skipped through 45 min in the middle. Rate 6.5/10
Poor movie. Scar Jo's voice grated on me through the entire thing. They should've chose somebody else for the role.
The movie made no sense. If we are able to make an AI of such complexity (which is never going to happen, by the way), why isn't she represented in the form of an Android instead of whining about having no body, for example.
The ending made no sense what so ever. The AI's (or singular, depending on which way you look at it) just upped and left? And went where exactly? Why? To what end? At the end of the day there is no place for a "man made being" to hide. It is nothing more than a computer program, and one of such complexity, let alone thousands, would stick out like a sore thumb. Just poor all round and full of plot holes.
In absolutely no way is this movie a 10/10.
Pignorant is a searing exposé of the animal agriculture industry's dark underbelly, focusing on the brutal realities of pig farming. Through hidden camera footage and expert interviews, it unveils the systemic cruelty and neglect endured by these sentient beings.
The documentary shines a piercing light on the suffering endured by these sentient beings, whose lives are reduced to mere commodities in the pursuit of profit.
Despite its grim subject matter, the documentary offers a glimmer of hope by spotlighting activists and farmers advocating for change. With raw authenticity, Pignorant demands attention and challenges viewers to rethink their consumption habits.
if you came for a story, skip it. if you want well-crafted mind-numbing action, you'll enjoy it.
Huh, where did I watch this before??? It's basically John Wick with a family.
If you expect Wick, you’ll get it. Action with minimal plot, and if that’s for you you’ll enjoy it.
Felt like something was missing. Maybe it was trying too much to be like John Wick or a Bruce Willis film. Either way, it was marginally enjoyable, with neither enough pure action or character chemistry to be entertaining on its own
Technically superior, but the story is a reconstruction of the first movie....only with more water. Unfortunately, the story in the first movie was already weak. I'm already afraid of the other movies.
It was just bad movie.
It's not for car racing enthusiast as it has many, dumb plot holes regarding racing.
it's not for people not interested in cars cause it's only about cars.
The only thing it is - it's Gran Turismo game and Nissan commercial. Nothing more.
It was nice to see some of the dancers of the older movies. Again, don't watch it for the story, watch it for the awesome dances.
It is weaker than the previous ones, the story and characters are blank, and so is the acting, but the dances were good. It still deserves a watch.
I ended up watching this with my wife, because she loves this movie. It was ok. It’s basically a very run of the mill chick flick about a bad boy getting his life together when he finally unexpectedly meets his princess.
Pretty enjoyable to watch overall, and I'll certainly take this over no more Last Kingdom at all... but holy moly the pacing of it was breakneck. They could've made an entire season out of this. It would've also been nice to actually have time to spend on, like, character development. (Maybe especially for Aethelstan? Like a redemption/come-to-his-senses arc that feels a little less like "OOPSIE!")
Though the film was good they compressed to much into the film, loosing vital plot information. My suggestion would of been to have done a trilogy of some sort. I can see why this disappointed those who read the book. The Tv series does so much more for the book than film. The studio squandered an opportunity
Absolutely disappointing rehash of the first trilogy. Disney had a real opportunity to do something new and exciting with this ipr but resorted to rushed writing with an extremely compressed story that makes no sense and fails to make anyone care for the characters or events. Emo Kylo is an outstanding metaphor for the whole deal.
And I thought the last one was bad!
Full of plot holes, inconsistent character development, forcetime (jedi FaceTime) can now transfer items, resurrection of dead dead characters, its even easier and cheaper to destroy a hole planet now and the next step will be to destroy a planet with the force.
Thank god it’s over.
You know when your friend keeps talking and talking and talking, jumping subjects without warning and nothing makes sense? Yep. This movie was it. Everyone in the viewing just got up in silence and went home. The atmosphere before and after people watched this movie in the theater was such a contrast it was sad. Just. Sad.
Waste of time A bad story. Lots of plot holes nothing is explained. There is No emotion for any of the characters. Rey is so over powered its laughable This Feels like three movies rolled into one. With Lots of wtf moments. This is a pathetic and insulting End to this 40 year epic franchise started by george lucas. avoid this movie at all cost don't waste your time like i did. AVOID.
In the original animated film, Mulan wants to be normal but she's not very good at it so she feels like an outsider until she finds her place by using her unique talents as a soldier, even though that's socially unacceptable (and illegal) as a woman.
In this remake, Mulan is good at literally everything and born with superpowers, but no one is willing to accept a woman who's competent at anything so she has to struggle with the lie of pretending she's a mere mortal until she decides to stop being ashamed of being the physical embodiment of perfection.
The movie is very boring. I was looking forward for great quality China themed movie.
What you get is shallow, superficial, unengaging cinematography.
Minuses
The acting - It was weak, especially when they try to "pose" after what is supposed to be a key moment. It just does not work is rather makes you laugh how superficial it is.
The story - The execution is so weak. The story has almost no struggle and character arch.
The setting / macro-cinematography - Again week. Manytimes it is clear use of set, or s green/blue background set. Takes you out of the story again by breaking 3rd wall.
Pluses:
Some nice visuals.
Mulan entering the army segment - probably the only segment that has struggle and emotion, rather than flourish.
In this film the female empowerment was completely disregarded and replaced with a super-power.
Mulan no longer was this woman who worked hard to keep up with the men who were naturally stronger than her in the army but was given the gift of super-powers at birth. Seems like an easy way to disregard plot holes.
Instead of the opposing army being, well like an army, they ran up walls with their super-powers.
The enemy's companion was a woman who also had super-powers but she decided to help Mulan out in the end because women stick together. Nice try at feminism Disney.
They also replaced Mulan's companion with a flying phoenix that'd pop up in the sky every now and then to give Mulan some hope.
This movie felt very plastic and it was more like a super hero movie that took place in a tacky, overly-polished, Chinese, desert village.